[Jims5543]

Have you seen these new play areas in the malls now?

Well padded floors with deats all around and an area for the little tykes to run around.

We were in one over the weekend and my son and another boy got in a bit of a shoving match over sitting in the car. I watched as they "worked out the problem" and then I noticed the mom moving in.

In actuality the other kid was the one being fresh but I did not care it couls have easily been mine. I was more interested how each one would work it out.

Not a chance, the other kids mom ran over, which meant I had to walk over, and she pulled he kid from the car and put him in time out for upsetting my son. Who was over it in 1.2 seconds.

I said something to the mom along the lines of its fine they were working it out and I got a unacceptable behaviour or something or other remark.

She put her kid in "time out" for 10 minutes and then made him go over to my son and apologize.

I walked over to her when we were leavign and told her I appreciated what she was trying to accomplish but kids are kids and they were working it out. I also assured her I was not upset with her son and that he was just being a boy. She appreciated me not passing judgement but said that most parents are all fussy over stuff like that.

One of the many reasons I hate the mall.